UChicago, Argonne, Fermilab prepare for quantum information revolution

Understanding the scale and nature of the scientific, environmental, economic, policy and public health aspects of climate change demands evidence-based research in an environment of free and open inquiry. The...Read more

Argonne’s Venkat Srinavasan discusses research on battery technology

Argonne scientists mathematically describe non-equilibrium phase transitions

Data spoke to propel academic and industrial research

For the chips in our computers and smartphones to get faster, their components—the circuits and wires through which signals flow—have to get smaller. The miniaturization of these wires has taken...Read more

Results could inform better design of sensors and displays

A team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory , has identified a new class of colloidal systems involving inorganic solvents—a discovery...Read more

Foam called Oleo Sponge pulls dispersed oil from water, including below surface

Water research is expanding at the Institute for Molecular Engineering , reaching from agriculture to medicine, basic science to product development. In 2013 the institute launched the Water Research Initiative...Read more

Argonne, Fermilab researchers and UChicago students encourage career opportunities

Tiny microbes play a big role in cycling carbon and other key elements through our air, water, soil and sediment. Not only do microbes capture and release carbon, contributing to...Read more

At the UChicago Center in Delhi, Charlie Catlett and Pete Beckman deliver multiple sessions on Harnessing Open Data for Cities.    Read more

Scientists gather for Hunger, Brain, City workshop to find solutions to food insecurity

U.S. Secretary of Energy praises Argonne’s new entrepreneurial program at Polsky Center event

UChicago’s Polsky Center to mentor clean tech, advanced manufacturing entrepreneurs

From laptops to cellphones, today’s technology advances through the ever-increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Similar advances can happen in the emerging field of quantum technology...Read more

New center at Computation Institute to unify labor, training, education and employment data

New modeling approach forecasts changes in storm behavior, flood risk

Assoc. Prof. Laurens Mets develops technology that makes wind, solar power more viable